And was already coming in to the decade as a young SFW lineal champion by beating Genaro Hernandez. His wins over Gerena and Manfredy were also impressive at the time[late 90s] but of course as the years go by and new fans come in to the sport, the value of those wins are degraded by people who know nothing about those times. So he was already dominating very good fighters coming in to the 2000s decade.